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RBA Glossary definition for central bank
central bank – A non-commercial bank, which may or may not be independent of government, which has some or all of the following functions: conduct monetary policy; oversee the stability of the financial system; issue currency notes; act as banker to the government; supervise financial institutions and regulate payments systems.
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The Impact of Interest Rates on Bank Profitability: A Retrospective Assessment Using New Cross-country Bank-level Data
21 Jun 2023
RDP
2023-05
To do this we use new confidential bank-level data covering about 1,500 banks operating in 10 banking systems, with most samples spanning the two decades up to the end ... Our analysis confirms the empirical regularity that declining interest rates
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2023/2023-05.html
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Promoting Liquidity: Why and How?
2 Dec 2009
RDP
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The central bank can smooth liquidity over the cycle, and the public sector can facilitate the change of ownership of assets from a troubled institution, which in extremis may include the ... JEL Classification Numbers: G21, G28 Keywords: asset market
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2008/pdf/rdp2008-06.pdf
Central Counterparty Links and Clearing System Exposures
28 Oct 2013
RDP
2013-12
Research Discussion Paper – RDP 2013-12 Central Counterparty Links and Clearing System Exposures. ... central clearing, financial markets, financial stability, interest rates, money, payments. Links between central counterparties (CCPs) enable
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2013/2013-12.html
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(un)conventional Policy and the Zero Lower Bound
13 Dec 2012
Research Workshop
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Reserve Bank of Australia Workshop 2012
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/workshops/research/2012/pdf/defiori-tristani.pdf
Reserve Bank Operations in the Foreign Exchange Market: Effectiveness and Profitability
1 Nov 1994
RDP
9406
Research Discussion Papers contain the results of economic research within the Reserve Bank
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1994/9406.html
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Research Workshop – 2023
20 Dec 2023
Research Workshop
Papers presented at the Reserve Bank of Australia 2023 Research Workshop
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/workshops/research/2023/
MARTIN Gets a Bank Account: Adding a Banking Sector to the RBA's Macroeconometric Model
18 Jan 2022
RDP
2022-01
Research Discussion Paper – RDP 2022-01 MARTIN Gets a Bank Account: Adding a Banking Sector to the RBA's Macroeconometric Model. ... During large downturns, loan losses reduce banks’ capital, and banks respond by reducing their credit supply.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2022/2022-01.html
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Asset-price Bubbles and Monetary Policy
1 Dec 2009
RDP
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In this case, the central bank’s forecast of future inflation might actuallyfall. ... If current inflation isabove target, the central bank cannot immediately return it to target.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1997/pdf/rdp9709.pdf
The Thinking Underlying Current Arrangements
1 Jul 1997
RDP
9703
Essentially these rest on the now well-documented arguments for central-bank accountability. ... expected. There has been little formal justification for why central banks might act in this way.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1997/9703/thinking-underlying-current-arrangements.html
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Optimal Monetary Policy and the Sources of Local-Currency Price Stability
13 Dec 2007
Research Workshop
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Reserve Bank of Australia Workshop 2007: Monetary Policy in Open Economies
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/workshops/research/2007/corsetti.pdf